Indian£Old CityMon-Sat 11:00-16:30
Spice Up Your Life serves home-style curries from St Nicholas Market's Exchange Hall, the long-running budget curry counter of central Bristol.
Try: Home-style curry with rice and sides
Tip: The mixed curry plate with a little of everything is the order; portions defeat most first-timers.
Sichuan£Old CitySun-Thu 11:30-21:00; Fri-Sat 11:30-21:30
Chilli Daddy numbs Bristol with Sichuan pepper at its Baldwin Street restaurant, noodle boxes and dandan noodles built on family recipes from Sichuan.
Try: Sichuan noodle boxes and dandan noodles
Tip: Order the dandan noodles at the heat level below your pride; Uber Eats delivery covers the nights you cannot face the walk.
Greek£Clifton TriangleMon-Fri 11:00-04:00; Sat 12:00-05:00; Sun 12:00-01:00
Taka Taka grills gyros and souvlaki on the Clifton Triangle until 04:00 or later, the Greek kebab counter that closes out student Bristol's nights.
Try: Gyros and souvlaki into the small hours
Tip: It is the honourable end to a Park Street night; the halloumi gyros converts even committed doner loyalists.
Greek£Wapping WharfDaily 12:00-22:30
The Athenian wraps flame-grilled souvlaki and gyros on Cargo 2's first floor at Wapping Wharf in Bristol, Greek street food grown from a 2014 market stall.
Try: Souvlaki wraps and gyros
Tip: The plant-based gyros holds its own against the pork; eat on the upper walkway facing the harbour cranes.
Poke££Wapping WharfDaily 12:00-21:00
Loki Poke builds award-noted poke bowls in a Wapping Wharf container, Bristol's harbourside counter for sushi rice, pickles, poke and house-made sauces.
Try: Poke bowls on sushi rice
Tip: Go half-and-half on the house sauces; the container seats a handful, so take the bowl to the harbour edge.
Ice cream£Wapping WharfDaily, afternoon into evening
Swoon churns Italian-schooled gelato at Wapping Wharf in Bristol with over 100 Great Taste awards, including a Supreme Champion nod for its hazelnut.
Try: Artisan gelato, over 100 Great Taste awards
Tip: The hazelnut won the Supreme Champion award; order it in a tub so harbour gulls cannot negotiate.